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Jun 3, 2024

Updated Estimates of the Cost of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Oklahoma

The authors provide 2023 estimates for the cost of early childhood care and education in Oklahoma, updating a RAND study from 2020 based on new expenditure data from a sample of providers and updated model-based estimates of the cost of care.
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Nov 9, 2021

The Big Lift Evaluation: Research Findings Five Years In

The authors examine participation rates, kindergarten readiness, and third-grade outcomes of children eligible to participate in The Big Lift™, a preschool–third-grade initiative to designed to boost reading proficiency.
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Dec 22, 2020

Virginia Preschool Initiative Plus: Cost Study Final Report

This report includes estimates of the Virginia Preschool Initiative Plus expenditures in the 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 school years as part of a larger evaluation of VPI+ that also examined the impacts of VPI+ on children's kindergarten entry outcomes.
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Oct 6, 2020

Estimating the Cost of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Oklahoma

Based on data from early childhood care and education (ECCE) providers in Oklahoma and a cost model tailored for the state, researchers estimated the cost of care by child age in center- and home-based settings and identified key ECCE cost drivers.
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Aug 3, 2020

Evaluation of Families Forward Learning Center: Participant Perspectives and Student Outcomes

In this report, the authors examine how participants in the Families Forward Learning Center (FFLC)'s two-generation learning program perceive its benefits and compare FFLC children's educational outcomes through third grade with their peers'.
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Aug 3, 2020

A Two-Generation Learning Program Educates and Empowers Parents and Children: An Assessment of Families Forward Learning Center in Pasadena, California

This brief summarizes how participants in the Families Forward Learning Center (FFLC)'s two-generation learning program perceive its benefits, and also compares FFLC children's educational outcomes through third grade with their peers' results.
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Jun 16, 2020

Strengthening the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Through Inclusion

Ensuring effective access to quality early childhood education and care for all remains a challenge in Europe, especially for those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This policy memo helps decision makers better understand this challenge and suggests some possible solutions.
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Jan 13, 2020

The Big Lift Descriptive Analyses: Progress Across Three Kindergarten Classes

In this report, the authors present results describing early learning outcomes of children from three kindergarten classes who were eligible to participate in The Big Lift, a preschool-third-grade initiative that aims to boost reading proficiency.
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Jan 24, 2019

Advancing Investments in Evidence-Based Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

A RAND study examined current investments in early childhood programs in New Hampshire and how they match with underlying needs, and how New Hampshire communities can take a strategic approach to further early childhood investments.
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Jan 24, 2019

Advancing Investments in the Early Years: Opportunities for Strategic Investments in Evidence-Based Early Childhood Programs in New Hampshire

This report examines the need for early childhood investments in communities across New Hampshire, current investments and how they match with needs, and where there are opportunities for further strategic investments in early childhood programs.
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Dec 12, 2018

The Big Lift Preschool, Two Years In: What Have We Learned So Far?

The Big Lift preschool-third-grade initiative aims to boost children's reading proficiency. This second in a series of descriptive analyses shares follow-up data on 2016-2017 kindergarten class participants and initial data on 2017-2018 participants.
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Oct 10, 2018

The Big Lift Descriptive Analyses: Kindergarten Readiness and Elementary School Reading Outcomes for the 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 Kindergarten Classes

The Big Lift initiative aims to boost children's reading proficiency in San Mateo County, California. This second in a series of descriptive analyses shares follow-up data on the 2016-2017 kindergarten class and initial data for the 2017-2018 class.

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Updated Estimates of the Cost of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Oklahoma

The Big Lift Evaluation: Research Findings Five Years In

Virginia Preschool Initiative Plus: Cost Study Final Report

Estimating the Cost of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Oklahoma

Evaluation of Families Forward Learning Center: Participant Perspectives and Student Outcomes

A Two-Generation Learning Program Educates and Empowers Parents and Children: An Assessment of Families Forward Learning Center in Pasadena, California

Strengthening the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Through Inclusion

The Big Lift Descriptive Analyses: Progress Across Three Kindergarten Classes

Advancing Investments in Evidence-Based Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

Advancing Investments in the Early Years: Opportunities for Strategic Investments in Evidence-Based Early Childhood Programs in New Hampshire

The Big Lift Preschool, Two Years In: What Have We Learned So Far?

The Big Lift Descriptive Analyses: Kindergarten Readiness and Elementary School Reading Outcomes for the 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 Kindergarten Classes

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Related Topics

How Public School–Based Pre-K Teachers Use and Combine Instructional Materials

Staffing Issues in the Military's Child Development Program

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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Updated Estimates of the Cost of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Oklahoma

The Big Lift Evaluation: Research Findings Five Years In

Virginia Preschool Initiative Plus: Cost Study Final Report

Estimating the Cost of Quality Early Childhood Care and Education in Oklahoma

Evaluation of Families Forward Learning Center: Participant Perspectives and Student Outcomes

A Two-Generation Learning Program Educates and Empowers Parents and Children: An Assessment of Families Forward Learning Center in Pasadena, California

Strengthening the Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Through Inclusion

The Big Lift Descriptive Analyses: Progress Across Three Kindergarten Classes

Advancing Investments in Evidence-Based Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

Advancing Investments in the Early Years: Opportunities for Strategic Investments in Evidence-Based Early Childhood Programs in New Hampshire

The Big Lift Preschool, Two Years In: What Have We Learned So Far?

The Big Lift Descriptive Analyses: Kindergarten Readiness and Elementary School Reading Outcomes for the 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 Kindergarten Classes

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